Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a progress update on the implementation of the blue green cities' initiative in the southern region; and his views on the matter, particularly in relation to progress in the Cork city area. [53756/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not have any function in relation to the Blue Green City project. The initiative is a matter for the Southern Regional Assembly who is the Irish partner on this InterReg Europe project.

Further information in relation to the initiative is available at: www.southernassembly.ie/eu-projects/blue-green-city.

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process to apply for and avail of Departmental funding for a proposed community housing project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53758/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The main sources of funding provided by my Department to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the provision of social housing, including community housing projects, are made through the Capital Advance Leasing Facility Scheme or the Capital Assistance Scheme. Applications by AHBs for funding under these programmes should, in the first instance, be made through the relevant Local Authority which, if supportive of the project, will forward the funding request to my Department for consideration and approval, if appropriate.

However, I note that neither my Department nor the relevant Local Authority have received any application regarding the proposal in question.